Farmers on the Plains
Rawhide!
100
Elementary school book based on the life of Laura. The series was also based on the life of the author herself.
What is the Little Town on the Prairie?
100
Brought the first cattle to the New World
What did Spanish explorers do?
200
Opened western lands for free settlement.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
200
After the Civil War (1880s and 1890s)
When did cowboy activity become popular?
300
Norway, Denmark, Germany, England, and Wales
Where did the news of cheap American Land spread?
300
usually the youngest of hands and paid the least.
What is a wrangler?
400
gave states thirty thousand acres of federal land for every representative and senator they had.
What is the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862?
400
paid around $125 a month, was in charge of the men, equipment and animals
What is a Trail Boss
500
outright purchase of as much an extra quarter-section and railroads
How could settlers increase land holdings legally and sell farmland?
500
known for their bravery, free spirit, and their way of dressing
What was so attractive about cowboys and their culture that appealed to so many people?
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